A pair of monsters from some comedic poems.
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Precious Stones 3
A few further notes from Kunz’s Curious Lore of Precious Stones. Diamond The virtues ascribed to this stone are almost all directly traceable either to its unconquerable hardness or to its transparency and purity. It was therefore thought to bring victory to the wearer, by endowing him with superior strength, fortitude, and courage. Marbodus tells us…
Read MoreSeptember 2019 transcripts
A simple transcript, with little decoration, for last month. Last month was a tricky one, where I filled up 5 months worth of episodes. This stopped me making elaborate transcripts or statistics. I’ll be catching this up soon.
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The Faerie Footman and the Drinking Horn
This week: when noblemen ruin perfectly good vis sources for no reason. The recording used in this episode was released into the public domain through LibriVox. Thanks again to all the LibriVoxians! Once upon a time a knight was riding in the country beyond Gloucester and came to a forest abounding and boars stags and…
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Chronicles of Shadow Valley 1
The works of Lord Dunsany provided many dozens of plot hooks, and monsters, for the early episodes of this podcast. It also provided material for the longest. In my fossicking I took the easy pieces, in his short story collections, and left Dunsany’s novels alone. I thought them insufficiently fantastical. I was, however, mistaken. Time…
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Man – The Witch of Slieu Wallian
One of our Isle of Man episodes. This story was originally collected by Sophia Morrison and was recorded into the public domain by Andrew Calvillo. Thanks to Andrew and all the people at LibriVox. After the story I’ll be popping up with a few observations. It was Midsummer Day, and the Peel Herring Fleet, with…
Read MoreTranscripts for July and August 2019
Two months worth of transcripts, July and August.
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Jack the Giant Killer
This week, an extract from English Fairy Tales that calls back to a previous episode from the Cornish series. The tales of Jack the Giant-killer that I’m familiar with come from Cornwall so they deal with his early career and his retirement after he becomes a Knight of the Round Table, but it turns out…
Read MoreMinor note
This is a bonus episode to explain what’s been going on on the blog and to give you a little reassurance about the future of Games from Folktales. The way my podcast plan works I get a 50 MB or data per month for a $5 payment, which is covered by the blog’s Patreon donors…
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Man – The Black Dog of Peel Castle
A quick episode this week, which is from our Isle of Man series, in which we learn the valuable lesson to not mock hellhounds. The recording which follows was released into the public domain by Larry Wilson through LibriVox: thanks to Larry and all the LibriVox. See a few plot hooks at the end ***…
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